2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Feb 6, 2010 17:49:42 GMT -5
Historical Footage: Japanese Surrender Signing Aboard Battleship Missouri Sunday Sept. 2, 1945. An important piece of history. Most people have seen still photos of the event but haven't seen the newsreel of it. A film of the actual ceremony of the Japanese signing their surrender ending the second world war. General Douglas MacArthur was the supreme commander of our armed forces in charge of the signing ceremony. enka2.netorage.com:9711/harddisk/user/lyk36/mumess/376-macarthurjap.htm It is interesting that as with most wars the party in the more modest uniforms is often the victor. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Added an M
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Post by Fusilier on Feb 6, 2010 20:28:09 GMT -5
Neat stuff. Bear in mind, we will probably never see such a sight again, a Country formally surrendering to another.
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Post by CptJericho on Feb 7, 2010 0:32:01 GMT -5
There probably wont be a world war again, just guerilla wars and small skirmishes here and there.
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Post by Fusilier on Feb 7, 2010 10:25:12 GMT -5
There probably wont be a world war again, just guerilla wars and small skirmishes here and there. >> Or a nuclear exchange. God forbid.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Feb 7, 2010 12:51:00 GMT -5
It is not a case of if there will be a nuclear exchange, but when. This is a dreadful reality. Scientist now speculate that even a limited nuclear exchange (say between India and Pakistan) where 200 nukes were fired (Between them they have that many) With the fires from the cities and the dust clouds, the nuclear winter predicted in an exchange between the super powers would last four to five years even from this localized conflict.
The fellow who wrote the article for Scientific American last month invited input from other disciplines and scientists to debate his findings as he said he cut corners and minimized his estimates at virtually every turn and the results seemed undisputable. Pretty frightening that the world will suffer so horribly from what in fact might be a regional conflict.
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Post by Fusilier on Feb 7, 2010 13:15:41 GMT -5
It is not a case of if there will be a nuclear exchange, but when. This is a dreadful reality. Scientist now speculate that even a limited nuclear exchange (say between India and Pakistan) where 200 nukes were fired (Between them they have that many) With the fires from the cities and the dust clouds, the nuclear winter predicted in an exchange between the super powers would last four to five years even from this localized conflict. The fellow who wrote the article for Scientific American last month invited input from other disciplines and scientists to debate his findings as he said he cut corners and minimized his estimates at virtually every turn and the results seemed undisputable. Pretty frightening that the world will suffer so horribly from what in fact might be a regional conflict. >> I personally don't buy all that nuclear winter stuff,especially from a "local" exchange. I put that in the same category with all those global warming kooks. The thing is,its all theory until it actually happens.. I thought they were going to start popping them a few years ago. And maybe at some point they will,especially if Pakistan's shaky govt. falls apart and the nutty Islamists take over,then I think India will nuke them just because...
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Post by CptJericho on Feb 7, 2010 15:24:38 GMT -5
amazingly this all has roots back to the german scientists that invented the nuclear bomb, guess they still have a chance to win...
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Post by Fusilier on Feb 7, 2010 16:00:07 GMT -5
amazingly this all has roots back to the german scientists that invented the nuclear bomb, guess they still have a chance to win... >> The Germans never got close to making a bomb. We took their hard water plants in Norway out long before it got to the production or even test stage for that matter.
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Post by CptJericho on Feb 7, 2010 20:20:20 GMT -5
well the german scientists the U.S. stole...
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Post by Fusilier on Feb 7, 2010 20:51:22 GMT -5
well the german scientists the U.S. stole... >> Well no,Einstein came here before the War, so he was the major component of the USA getting nuclear weapons first. Werner Von Braun helped start NASA.
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Post by hairy apple on Feb 7, 2010 21:31:39 GMT -5
Yeah, India and Pakistan could be a very scary deal indeed. With North Korea, and Iran also working on become nuclear wepsons the world is a very scary place right now... and I only see it getting scarier in the near future.
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Post by Adler69 on Feb 7, 2010 21:37:58 GMT -5
I'm really not worried about Iran , as soon as their reactor or weapons grade plutonium plant become operational the IDF will blow it to pieces.
North Korea is dangerous , but their missiles are more likely to fall in their own territory than anywhere else.
India and Pakistan are the truly dangerous ones.
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Post by Fusilier on Feb 7, 2010 22:57:11 GMT -5
I'm really not worried about Iran , as soon as their reactor or weapons grade plutonium plant become operational the IDF will blow it to pieces. North Korea is dangerous , but their missiles are more likely to fall in their own territory than anywhere else. India and Pakistan are the truly dangerous ones. >> You're right on all points. If Israel even thinks they are close, they will go in and nobody,even teh Great One,will stop them.
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